Category: corpse king

 
Chapter 2: A Loyal Reunion
 

There exist those called “Explorers.”
 
Their purpose? To investigate [unexplored areas]—
 
uncharted lands scattered across the world, said to be nests of demons and places where they sharpen their blades for vengeance against humanity.
 
Their profession involves adapting to terrain warped by dense magical energy, slaying demons, and claiming the realms’ resources for humankind.
 
Lv. 3 hidden realm dungeon: [Cage of the Battlefield]]
 
A gaping hole in a vast plain—resembling the burrow of some massive creature—serves as the entrance to a collapsed underground space.… Read more

Interlude: The Universal Isekai Summoning – The Little Sister’s Case
 
 
 
 
8:00 AM – Walking to School.
 
The usual routine. The usual path. The usual time.
 
Yet, for some reason, the world around me seemed duller than ever.
 
My restless heart—was it because my brother hadn’t woken up at his usual time?
 
Even though today was his graduation ceremony…
 
“……Brother…… Will he make it in time?”
 
A murmur escaped my lips.… Read more

 
“I asked who you are. Never heard of any ‘Lucas.’”
 
The tension shattered under the weight of his flat tone.
 
Lucas burst into laughter, pressing his foot down on the young man’s face.
 
Grinding his heel, he spoke mockingly.
 
“You mean to tell me you’ve never heard of Helheim in this day and age?! The most ruthless, cruel organization pulling the strings of the world! And I’m one of its executives!… Read more

 
“—A person?”
 
A figure writhing on the ground, struggling to crawl forward.
 
A young man in his late teens—on the verge of death.
 
The moment she saw him, Asha’s decision was made.
 
“Hey! Are you alright?!”
 
She abandoned her sword and rushed to his side.
 
Had he been attacked? Gotten lost? Countless possibilities, but saving him came first.
 
“Stay with me! What happened?!”
 
“…Uah… haa… ra…”
 
“Hara?… Read more

Eljudnir.
 
The name of the mansion where the secret society Helheim makes its base.
 
A place beyond the world’s reckoning, hidden even from perception by unfathomable magic—where none but Hel, the Corpse King, and his eight elite officers, the [Eight Precepts], are permitted to tread.
 
A woman with pale, bluish-white hair walks down the mansion’s halls, her beautiful features twisted darkly as she exhales a long sigh.
 
One hundred eighty years have passed since the Corpse King vanished.… Read more

 
Chapter 1: The Return
 

“Ugh…………”
 
Morning. Sunlight streams through the gaps in the curtains, waking me.
 
[Helheim], [Corpse King].
 
Those words feel like a distant dream—
 
“——Guhhhoooooooooohhhh…………!!”
 
—yet they’re a past so vivid it makes me writhe in agony, clutching my head on the bed.
 
“Aaaaaaaah! Just let me forget already………… the hell is [Helheim] anyway?! Too much mythology binge-reading, you idiot! Dumbass! Dumbass!! Die! Kill the Demon King and then you die too, aaaaaaah!!”… Read more

Prologue

The Demon King.

The ruler of the demonkind, a scourge upon the world, a blight upon humanity, the enemy of all things whose footsteps herald ruin.

“Haah…… haah…… Gu—OOOOOOOOOH!!”

He was dying. To perish here, his ambitions left unfulfilled…

The heroes summoned from another world should have been annihilated.

The kingdom that summoned them had no strength left to fight back… or so it should have been.

Yet before the Demon King’s eyes, a group of men and women stood in formation, clearing a path as they attended to a single figure.… Read more